Device for preventing hens from setting.



H. R. HAYES.

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Patented Juiyso; 1918.

Application filedDecember 29, 19W. Serial No. 309,527.

To all 21716712 if mm con cern Be it known thatI, Mrs. Hiram Rosana Harris, a citizen of the United Stan-s, resid ing at Salix, in the coui'ityof W'oodbury and State of Iowiuhave invented new and useful lm n'ovennuus in Devices for Preventing Hens from Setting. of which the following.

is a specification This invention relates to devices adapted to be used for preventing hens from setting and it consists in the novel features hercinafter described and. claimed.

it is well known in poultry breeding that during the period of inculnd'ion the breast of the fowl beemnes unduly heated. producing a desire to remain on the nest, or set as it is technically known. The object, therefore, is to provide means whereby the fowl will be prevented from sitting on the nest in a. manner that its breast will be in contact with the nest or eggs therein but which will not interfere with the movement of the hen while roosting or feeding. Thus the fowl does not lose flesh and will soon begin laying and when the desire to set ceases the device may be removed from the fowl and preserved for future use.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a side view of a hen with the device applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device.

The body portion of the device is composed of a single piece of wire which is bent at a point approximately midway between its ends to form a loop 1 adapted to pass over the anterior portion of the body of the fowl. From the ends of the loop 1 the wire is carried down and back and twisted form ing forward legs 2. From the upper ends of the said legs 2 and at the opposite sides of the device the wire is carried back there by forming side portions 3 adapted to lie along the opposite sides of the body of the fowl between the body and the legs. From the rear ends of the side portions 3 the wire is extended down and up and twisted forming rear legs 4. From the upper ends of the legs 4 the wire is carried up and over forming a loop 5 by twisting the ends of the wire together as at 6. The loop 5 is adapted to pass over the posterior portion of the body of the fowl. A coil spring 7 13 connected at one end with the upper portion of the loop 5 and is provided at its other end with a hook 8 which is adapted to en gage under and around the upper intermediate portionof the loop 1 when the device is app led, and thereby hold the loops at de sired positions with relation toe-ach oticr nnd' tho-device, upon the body ofthofowl.

To apply the device the hook 8 is disconnected from the loop 1 and the lower end portions of the legs 2 and r are squeezed togethmwhereby the upper portions of the loops 1 and 5 are spread abnornntlly with relation to each other. The loop l is then passed over the head, neck and forward portion of the back of the body of the fowl and the loop 5 is carried under the breast and up over the tail and the upper portion of the rear part of the back. The legs 2 and 4 are then released whereby the upper portions of the loops 1 and 5 move toward each other and the said loops will be located one in the front of the wings of the fowl and the other behind the same. The spring 7 is then stretched and the hook 8 is engaged with the upper portion of the loop 1 and. the said spring will lie along the spine of the fowl at the median portion of the back.

To remove the device the operation above described is reversed. It will be seen that when the device is applied that there are no parts which interfere with therespiration of the fowl, digestion or evacuation and that the wings are free for movement as well as the legs. When the device is applied the depending legs 2 and 4 will prevent the fowl from sitting or squatting and hence it will be impossible to cover the setting of eggs which are in a nest. At the same time the legs 2 and 4 are spaced from each other for a distance sufficient to permit a erch to pass between them and thus when t e fowl is roosting the presence of the device does not interfere.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that a device of simple structural arrangement is provided which may be easily and quickly applied to the body of a fowl and removed therefrom and when applied the device will effectually prevent the fowl from sitting on a nest with the object and purposes in view as hereinbefore explained.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. A device as described comprising a member provided with a loop adapted to pass over the anterior portion of the body of a fowl, depending legs provided at the lower portion of said loo-p, side portions extending rearwerdly from said legs, other legs depending from the rear ends of the side portions, and :1 loop provided at the upper ends of the lust mentioned legs and adopted to extend over the posterior portionpf the body of the fowl and a spring eonnected with one of the said loops and detaehably connected with the other and :uhipted to lie along the back of the fowl.

2. A device as described comprising a body portion formed from a single piece of wire and having a forward loop adapted to pass over the anterior portion of the body of a fowl and being open at its lower side, legs depending from the said loop, side portions extending 1;"eerWardly from the said legs, other legs depending from the rear ends of the side portions, a loop provided at the upper ends of the lust mentioned legs and adapted to pass over the posterior portion of the body of the fowl and a spring eo11-- neeted with one of the loops and deteehubly connected with the other and adapted to lie along the back of the fowl.

I11 testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

Mus. HATTIE ROSSIE HAYES.

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